| Literature DB >> 9135988 |
M Koike1, S Takeuchi, J Yokota, S Park, Y Hatta, C W Miller, N Tsuruoka, H P Koeffler.
Abstract
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the long arm of chromosome 7 occurs frequently in many types of primary cancers. We analyzed 22 primary ovarian cancers for LOH of chromosome arm 7q using a set of 16 microsatellite markers in order to determine the location of a putative tumor suppressor gene (TSG). Eleven samples (50%) showed LOH at least at one locus on chromosome arm 7q. We identified the smallest commonly deleted region to be at 7q31.1, which includes D7S523. LOH of chromosome arm 7q was more frequent in advanced stages (III-IV) (7/9, 78%) than in early stages (I-II) (4/13.31%) of ovarian cancer (P < 0.05). These data suggest that alteration of a TSG at 7q31.1 gene plays an important role in advanced ovarian cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9135988 DOI： 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199705)19:1<1::aid-gcc1>3.0.co;2-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Chromosomes Cancer ISSN： 1045-2257 Impact factor: 5.006